PLAYED AT: Servus ArenaDate: Aug 7, 2018GAME NOTES: AMERICANS CONTINUE SCORING, BEAT FINNS TO CLINCH SEMI SPOT
JASON LA ROSE
RED DEER, Alta. – Luke Toporowski opened and closed the scoring, and added an assist in between, leading the United States to a 6-2 win over Finland on Tuesday night and a spot in the semifinals at the 2018 Hlinka Gretzky Cup.
The Americans continued to score seemingly at will; including pre-tournament, they have scored 22 goals in three games, while allowing just six.
Toporowski was first on the board midway through the first period, redirecting a Michael Feenstra shot through Finnish netminder Roope Taponen to give the Americans a lead they would never relinquish.
Sam Colangelo netted the 2-0 goal at 18:17, sneaking behind the Finnish defence and going to the backhand on the breakaway, but Aku Räty answered for the Finns just 19 seconds later to make it a one-goal game after 20 minutes.
The teams traded goals in the second period; Arthur Kaliyev converted a mini 2-on-0 down low to put the Americans back up by a pair 90 seconds into the second period before Anton Lundell showed off his quick release on the power play to send the game to the intermission at 3-2 U.S.
Finland held a 14-11 advantage in shots on goal in the third period, but couldn’t find a way past U.S. goaltender Dustin Wolf, who finished with 29 saves to record his second win.
John Farinacci added a little insurance at 5:13 of the final frame, burying a centering feed after Robert Mastrosimone force a turnover deep in the Finnish zone, and Jackson Jutting making it 5-2 only 17 seconds after that to put the game out of reach.
Toporowski scored shorthanded with 2:31 left to provide the final margin of victory for the U.S.
First place in Group B will be on the line Wednesday when the Americans take on Russia (7 p.m. MT), while the Finns will face the Czech Republic in their preliminary-round finale (3 p.m. MT).

Visiting Team: Finland

Home Team: United States

FINLAND LINEUP

Pos

No.

Name

G

1

Taponen, Roope

G

31

Piiroinen, Kari

2

Kokkonen, Mikko

3

Loponen, Kalle

4

Räsänen, Iivari

5

Holtinkoski, Aapo

9

Koskenkorva, Samu

10

Aaltonen, Leevi

12

Nikkanen, Henri

18

Petman, Mikko

19

Miettinen, Veeti

20

Lundell, Anton

21

Räty, Aku

22

Simontaival, Kasper

24

Tuomaala, Arttu

25

Heinola, Ville

27

Sedoff, Christoffer

33

Lahnaviik, Rasmus

34

Intonen, Aarne

36

Puistola, Patrik

37

Pärssinen, Juuso

FINLAND PENALTIES

Per.

No.

Min

Offence

Off

PP

PS

Start

On

1st

37

2:00

Hooking

7:53

1

7:53

9:53

1st

20

2:00

Slashing

12:58

1

12:58

14:58

2nd

2

2:00

Delay of Game

7:52

1

7:52

9:52

2nd

3

2:00

Late Hit

13:25

1

13:25

15:25

2nd

18

2:00

Late Hit

16:53

1

16:53

18:53

3rd

20

2:00

Boarding

0:22

1

0:22

2:22

3rd

20

10:00

10-Minute Misconduct

2:22

2:22

11:13

3rd

2

2:00

Hooking

11:13

1

11:13

13:13

3rd

2:00

Too Many Players

13:25

1

13:25

15:25

UNITED STATES LINEUP

Pos

No.

Name

G

1

Mullahy, Derek

G

30

Wolf, Dustin

2

Davies, Dylan

3

Koster, Mike

4

Miller, Mitchell

5

Reid, Luke

6

Feenstra, Michael

7

LaCombe, Jackson

8

Colangelo, Sam

9

Farinacci, John

10

Groll, Josh

11

Kaliyev, Arthur

12

Huglen, Aaron

14

Jutting, Jackson

15

Paquette, Tyler

16

Mancinelli, Michael

17

Mastrosimone, Robert

18

Nodler, Josh

19

Robertson, Nicholas

20

Silianoff, Grant

21

Webber, Cade

22

Toporowski, Luke

UNITED STATES PENALTIES

Per.

No.

Min

Offence

Off

PP

PS

Start

On

1st

6

2:00

Holding

1:47

1

1:47

3:47

1st

17

2:00

Slashing

7:43

1

7:43

9:43

1st

8

2:00

Hooking

10:58

1

10:58

12:58

1st

5

2:00

High-Sticking

12:18

1

12:18

14:18

1st

21

Tripping

13:29

*

13:29

13:29

2nd

2

2:00

Interference

4:38

1

4:38

4:59

2nd

19

2:00

Slashing

11:25

1

11:25

13:25

3rd

2

2:00

Slashing

17:03

1

17:03

19:03

FINLAND Goals

FINLAND PLAYERS (plus)

UNITED STATES PLAYERS (minus)

Per.

Time

G-As1-As2

1st

18:36

21-3-20

2nd

4:59

PP

20-10-19

UNITED STATES Goals

UNITED STATES PLAYERS (plus)

FINLAND PLAYERS (minus)

Per.

Time

G-As1-As2

1st

9:53

22-6-14

1st

18:17

8-5-21

2nd

1:30

11-19-18

3rd

5:13

9-17

3rd

5:30

14-22-10

3rd

17:29

SH

22-4

POWER PLAY OPPORTUNITIES

FINLAND

1 / 7

UNITED STATES

0 / 8

PENALTY SUMMARY

FINLAND

26 min / 9 inf

UNITED STATES

14 min / 7 inf (8)

POINT SUMMARY

FINLAND

2 G + 4 A = 6 Pts

UNITED STATES

6 G + 10 A = 16 Pts

SCORING

1

2

3

Total

FINLAND

1

1

0

2

UNITED STATES

2

1

3

6

GOALTENDER/SAVES (Time)

1

2

3

Tot.

On

Off

FIN - Taponen (57:03) (L)

9

16

8

33

/0:00

3rd/17:03

FIN - Taponen (2:31) (L)

0

0

0

0

/17:29

3rd/20:00

USA - Wolf (60:00) (W)

7

8

14

29

/0:00

3rd/20:00

Stars of the Game

TIME OF GAME:

-

Start:

-

End:

-

Attendance:

OFFICIALS

Referee:

Referee:

Linesman:

Linesman:

CERTIFIED CORRECT

This report has been checked and verified against the Official Ivan Hlinka Memorial Cup Game Report.